Have you ever seen a blue lobster? They’re so rare most of us probably have not. It’s also unlikely any of us ever will. In ...

New research reveals that ice algae can store nutrients which may enable them to colonize more of the ice sheet, darkening and melting it.

Experimental designer and artist Jessie French has generated a collection of bioplastic tableware, made using algae polymers and pigments. The outcome of deep research in response to geopolitical ...

In the case of chameleon shrimp, the researchers believe that it is necessary to eat red or pink algae in order to acquire the pigments of these colors. However, a number of questions remain about ...

Chlorophyll is a pigment that enables photosynthesis, the process of converting light into "food," or chemical energy. Plants produce chlorophyll a and b, while most marine algae and kelp produce ...

Algaemy arose from research by-products: pigment extraction from algae. In experiments with the pigments, the designers discovered that the algae colours changed when exposed to sunlight and reacted ...